Rhode Island

Hello, and welcome to the Fabulous Ocean State of Rhode Island!!

The ocean laps at your feet and the wind pulls at your hair at the edge of the shore. You shuffle out of your flip-flops and sigh as the cool feel of the ocean surrounds you and you wish you could stay there forever. Perhaps you can't stay there all of today, you think to yourself. But there's always tomorrow, always tomorrow.






Voice Thread on Rhode Island:


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Fun Facts:

1. Admission to Statehood - May 29, 1790
2. State Bird - Rhode Island Red Hen
3. State Flower - Violet
4. State Tree - Red Maple
5. Capital - Providence
6. Largest Cities - Providence, Warwick, Cranston, Pawtucket, Woonsocket, Coventry, and Cumberland
7. Motto - "Hope"
8. Nickname - The Ocean State
9. Population - 1,048,319
10. Climate - Humid and Continental
11. Economy:

• Agriculture - Nursery Stock, Vegetables, Dairy Products, and Eggs
• Industry - Fashion, Jewelry, Fabricated Metal Products, Electrical Equiptment, Machinery, Ship and Boatbuilding, and Tourism

Interesting Facts:

• The first ever torpedo boat "Stilleto" was built in Bristol, R.I. (1887)
• Portsmouth, R.I. holds the largest schoolhouse in the U.S. (1716)
• The Industrial Revolution started in Pawtucket, R.I. (1790)
• Home to the Tennis Hall of Fame
• George M. Cohan (author of 'You're a Grand Old Flag and Yankee Doodle Dandy) was from R.I.
• The first circus ever was in Newport, R.I. (1776)
• R.I. never ratified the 18th Amendment of Prohibition
• R.I. is 1,214 miles North to South and is 48 miles east to West
• Jerimont Hill is the states highest poit at 812 feet above sea level

Useful Links:

Roadside America
Rhode Island's Official Website
Everything You Need to Know About Rhode Island
All About Warwick, R.I.
All About Providence, R.I.

Rhode Island Animoto Movie:

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By Abby Hamilton